Park Ridge vs Wheeling

A side-by-side comparison of Park Ridge and Wheeling: population, income, housing, and more.

Park Ridge and Wheeling are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Park Ridge has the higher population (39,241 vs 38,495 in Wheeling). Park Ridge has the higher median household income ($138,059 vs $83,251 in Wheeling). Park Ridge has the higher median home value ($539,300 vs $244,600 in Wheeling).

Population, income & housing

	Park Ridge	Wheeling
Population	39,241	38,495
Median age	44.5 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$138,059	$83,251
Median home value	$539,300	$244,600
Median gross rent	$1,511	$1,578
Housing units	16,013	16,055
Homeownership rate	85.3%	61.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.1%	40.3%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Park Ridge	Wheeling
Population	37,457 → 39,241 (+4.8%)	38,499 → 38,495 (-0.0%)
Median household income	$111,642 → $138,059 (+23.7%)	$68,615 → $83,251 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$437,000 → $539,300 (+23.4%)	$198,700 → $244,600 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,433 → $1,511 (+5.4%)	$1,265 → $1,578 (+24.7%)

Park Ridge

Population

37,45739,241

Median household income

$111,642$138,059

Median home value

$437,000$539,300

Median gross rent

$1,433$1,511

Wheeling

Population

38,49938,495

Median household income

$68,615$83,251

Median home value

$198,700$244,600

Median gross rent

$1,265$1,578

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Park Ridge	Wheeling
Under 5	5.4%	5.5%
5 to 17	18.9%	13.9%
18 to 24	5.7%	7.6%
25 to 34	6.7%	16.1%
35 to 44	13.8%	16.0%
45 to 54	13.7%	12.1%
55 to 64	15.6%	12.0%
65 to 74	10.7%	10.0%
75 and over	9.4%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Park Ridge	Wheeling
White (non-Hispanic)	82.8%	47.4%
Black or African American	1.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	7.1%	15.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	32.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Park Ridge	Wheeling
No high school diploma	3.2%	12.0%
High school graduate	12.8%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	19.0%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	38.4%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	26.7%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Park Ridge	Wheeling
Drove alone	60.5%	70.4%
Carpooled	5.3%	11.8%
Public transit	8.6%	3.9%
Walked	2.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	22.0%	11.5%
Other means	1.3%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Park Ridge	Wheeling
1-unit, detached	71.6%	27.8%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	15.6%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	13.0%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	19.1%
20 or more units	10.1%	22.2%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Park Ridge	Wheeling
Poverty rate	3.5%	8.7%
Average household size	2.55	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1960	1980